The Black Mountain Inn, built in 1830 as a stage coach stop, was opened as a bed and breakfast in 1990.

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In the 24-plus years June Bergeron has been in her Black Mountain home, she has shared it with thousands of overnight guests. And cooked breakfast for almost every one of them.

That's just fine with her. "I love to cook," says the owner and chief resident of the nearly 175-year-old Black Mountain Inn. "I cook like I'm cooking at home for people I love."

June grew up in a big family in New England - a locale to which she attributes her love of historic buildings like the inn. Built as a stagecoach stop by John Stepp around 1830, it has also served as part of a Christian men's university, as a tuberculosis ...